Middle English Dictionary Entry
stilðe n.
Entry Info
Forms | stilðe n. |
Etymology | From stille adj.; cp. OHG stillida. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Silence.
Associated quotations
- c1225(?c1200) HMaid.(Bod 34)36/600 : Þet beoð þe uertuz þet he streoneð in þe þurh his swete grace, as rihtwissnesse & warschipe..buhsumnesse & stilðe, þolomodnesse & reowfulnesse of euch monnes sorhe.
- c1230(?a1200) Ancr.(Corp-C 402)82/21 : Spekeð ieremie of anlich stude mare: Sedebit solitarius & tacebit..Hwa se swa wule don, ha schal sitten ane & halden hire stille..hwet oðer god cume of þis anlich sittunge..ant of þis seli stilðe kimeð anan efter.
- c1230 Ancr.(Corp-C 402)104/9 : Þe teoheðe is luðer stilðe, þe deofles silence, þet te an nule for onde speoken o þe oþer.